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Natural Disasters in 2025: Alarming rise in floods, severe convective storms and wildfires
Tobias Grimm, Munich Re’s Chief Climatologist: “A warming world...
Life Insurance: A must for every young professional
Many youngsters postpone this decision, assuming it’s something to...
AI: Firms face growing list of lawsuits
Elon Musk,CEO, Tesla Elon Musk became the latest power player to sue OpenAI, alleging the company and its chief executive officer, Sam Altman, have strayed from their original mission by prioritizing profit over the benefit of humanity. Artificial intelligence firms...
IFRS 17: Successful Strategies
It is important to note that IFRS 17 or Ind AS 117 do not alter the fundamentals of business. Good underwriting, expense efficiencies, good risk management and customer satisfaction will remain the core of business. The expected aim of the standard is to bring in more...
Cyber Insurance: Heightened Indian Risk
Cyber insurance premium costs have increased by over 50% over the past year. Several factors have contributed to the considerable increase in cyber insurance premium in India. This include the surge, sophistication and severity of cyber-attacks that have significantly...
Indian Fintech: Fast, Furious — and Fraudulent?
Media reports suggest that more non-bank intermediaries after Paytm Payments Bank may expect a rap on the knuckles. Just what has made the Reserve Bank of India so cranky all of a sudden? Andy MukherjeeFirst, Paytm was asked to freeze its banking business, a crackdown...
Protection Gap: Rising life insurance demands from Urban India, says Max Life Study
-Max Life's India’s Protection Quotient (IPQ) reveals that 3 in 4 urban Indians now own life insurance, -Higher importance being ascribed to Cover and Riders while buying Term Life Insurance, -The South Zone most financially prepared; West India has the highest...
The Agent Advantage: Fulfilling Financial Goals
Sameer Joshi, Chief Agency Officer, Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance In this digital age, where information is at our fingertips, why should one buy life insurance from agents? As we embark on a new year filled with promises, resolutions, and aspirations, we often have a...
2023- Record heat, worsened droughts, floods and bushfires around the world
Some 77 countries experienced their highest average annual temperature in at least 45 years. Temperature records were shattered from Canada to Brazil, Spain to Thailand Professor Albert van Dijk,Fenner School of Environment & SocietyAustralian National University...
5 Predictions for the insurance industry in 2024
Kenneth SaldanhaSenior Managing Director – Global Insurance Lead, Accenture In 2024, we will see excitement about the possibilities of GenAI give way to growing demand for material economic impact from AI/GenAI solutions As we look ahead to 2024, while we see many...
Reinsurance: Jan 1 renewals see favourable market conditions
David Howden, founder & CEO, Howden Headwinds are nevertheless likely to persist into 2024. Expectations are for modest economic growth across advanced economies. Inflation volatility, climate change, the net-zero transition, civil unrest and war, can be more...
Indian health insurance industry anticipates a transformative 2024
Prasun Sikdar, MD and CEO, ManipalCigna Health Insurance The initiatives such as a unified network of hospitals and 100% health insurance claim settlement system nationwide will offer flexibility to consumers and significantly reduce the financial burden With growing...